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I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

By Dan Sheehan | September 24, 2021

Now you can browse F. Scott Fitzgerald’s papers, including <em>Gatsby</em> manuscripts, online.

Now you can browse F. Scott Fitzgerald’s papers, including Gatsby manuscripts, online.

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

Centuries Before <em>Fifty Shades</em>, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Leigh Cowart on the Success of Sadomasochistic Books from 1800s Russia to the Present

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani Look to the Past for Global and Local Solutions

By Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani | September 24, 2021

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 24, 2021

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How Can We Recapture the Ambition and Hope of the Space-Race Days?

By Open Source | September 24, 2021

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

By Nancy Goldstone | September 23, 2021

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 23, 2021

On the End of Debutante “Presentation Parties” at Buckingham Palace

On the End of Debutante “Presentation Parties” at Buckingham Palace

Princess Margaret: “We had to put a stop to it. Every tart in London was getting in.”

By Adrian Tinniswood | September 23, 2021

Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain’s Imperialistic Foundations

Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain’s Imperialistic Foundations

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 23, 2021

<em>Napoleon</em> by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon’s Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

By Behind the Mic | September 23, 2021

Séan Scullion on the Spanish Volunteers that Fought with the British Army During the Second World War

Séan Scullion on the Spanish Volunteers that Fought with the British Army During the Second World War

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 23, 2021

“Paris is Paris. There is But One.” On Van Gogh’s Painterly Relationship to France

“Paris is Paris. There is But One.” On Van Gogh’s Painterly Relationship to France

Gloria Fossi Shares Settings Where the Painter Made His Mark

By Gloria Fossi | September 22, 2021

Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

By Walker Caplan | September 21, 2021

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

Nathaniel Philbrick Follows in the Footsteps of George Washington on Western Long Island

By Nathaniel Philbrick | September 20, 2021

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